FOOTBALL: EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE - PRIVATE NOTICE QUESTION

20th April 2021: Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My question that asked Her Majesty’s Government what plans they had to reform the governance of English football to prevent the breakaway of six Premier League clubs into a European Super League. My Lords, the six English clubs that have signed up to this grotesque project have, in the words of Stephen Fry on social media yesterday, “brought together the whole divided nation, indeed all of Europe—everyone united in disgust & revulsion at such greed and stupidity.” I look forward to hearing more in due course about how the Government plan to stop it. Meanwhile, I welcome the announcement of the setting up of the Government’s fan-led review into the administration of English football, chaired by the excellent Tracey Crouch MP. Can the Minister assure me that the terms of reference for the review will definitely include the possibility of establishing a statutory independent regulator? Reform here is long overdue. A link to the complete debate here

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